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Palladium Books is a publisher of role-playing games (RPGs) best known for its Rifts series (1990–present). Palladium was founded April 1981 in Detroit, Michigan, by current president and lead game designer Kevin Siembieda, and is now based in Westland, Michigan. The company enjoys the support of a small but dedicated fanbase who praise its ...
Post-apocalyptic science fiction. Languages. English. Systems. Megaversal. Website. palladiumbooks.com. Systems Failure is a role-playing game written by Bill Coffin and published by Palladium Books in July 1999.
Bill Coffin (born September 17, 1970) is a writer of novels and role-playing games in the fantasy and science fiction genres. Perhaps best known for his work at Palladium Books from July 1998 through May 2002, he made significant contributions to several of Palladium's game series, most notably Palladium Fantasy, but also Heroes Unlimited and Rifts, and created his own game, Systems Failure.
Publication history. With the success in the late 1970s of the fantasy role-playing games Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (TSR, 1977) and Runequest (Chaosium, 1977), several companies published similar games in the hopes of enjoying the same success. Palladium Books decided to enter the market in 1983 with Palladium Role-Playing Game, a 274-page ...
The game uses Palladium's Megaversal system, which is also used by the multi-genre game Rifts and the horror game Beyond the Supernatural, among others. Some critics have noted strong similarities between Nightbane and the works of horror author Clive Barker , particularly the novella Cabal (1988) and its film adaptation Nightbreed (1990).
rather late update: NMI is one of the moderators for the forums on Palladium Books' official site (and to judge from his continued censorship of this issue on the Palladium forums, almost definitely one or more of the anonymous vandals). To the best of my knowledge he's just a fan volunteer rather than a staff member or a published writer or ...
The way it is now: The Chaos Earth setting is the period in Rifts history where the deaths caused by a limited nuclear exchange happened at midnight, in proximity to the winter solstice, in conjunction with a celestial alignment; which magnified the PPE released from the deaths sending all the ley lines into overdrive.
Siembieda is a third-generation Polish American. [1] He attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit from 1974 to 1977. [2]: 155 He wanted to work as a comic book artist, but found the industry difficult to break into and published a small-press comic (A+ Plus, 1977-1978) with his company, Megaton Publications. [2]: 155 In 1979 ...